I have never had PM.
You can take the same clones and grow them different ways, and you'll find the healthiest ways grow plants which are naturally resistant to PM.
Truly amazing to see the same clones thriving next to (and even touching) PM ridden versions of themselves, all caused solely by nutritional differences.
Hope that helps
...there seem to be more and less resistant individuals in every variety
This is not the thread for you then... thanks anyway.
lol...right. Great response. If you haven't ridden a Bicycle, then posting in a bike thread may not be your best option.
I have had pm a time or two and I would Think that the reason you didn't get a response on the land race thread was because a "pm resistant strain" would be very subjective.
I'm not saying there isn't such a thing, I'm just saying that since pm is NOT systemic, (Genetics can not play a part in resistance) Environment, humidity, ph and spore availability would make PM potentially an issue anywhere on any material if the conditions are right.
To your point, there "Might" be certain land race strains that would be advertised as pm resistant, when actually, they just come from a more dry or arid climate that makes manifestation of pm more difficult. Take that same strain and put it in a humid PNW greenhouse and watch the pm manifest.
Unfortunately, my response is as useless as the guy completely unaware of dealing with pm. Bottom line, I don't think there is any such thing as a PM resistant strain anymore than there is a insect resistant strain. Different stuff works for different growers in different scenario's.
Happy Growing.
My experience with it has been that yes, some plants are more, or less, susceptible to it. I have some lines (I clone and keep lines a long time if I like them) however that, while their not 100% immune, they are very resistant and I can still get them through a whole grow cycle with little or no PM.
After 20 years of growing I had only seen it in an odd instance or two, usually never. Just didn't happen in my gardens and I was growing a wide variety of genetics. About 2 years ago that all changed as I started noting PM in every almost every grow.
I've tried to reduce humidity, upping the fresh air flow, meticulously clean and all that ...but I still get PM now. It's a big hassle and almost enough to make me pitch it all and just buy from the dispensaries ... but that is an $$$$$$$$$$$ way to go.
My experience with it has been that yes, some plants are more, or less, susceptible to it. I have some lines (I clone and keep lines a long time if I like them) however that, while their not 100% immune, they are very resistant and I can still get them through a whole grow cycle with little or no PM.
Constant spraying with Green Cure is about my only solution beyond making the environment as dry/clean as possible. I can nurse some really nice, PM susceptible, plants all the way through, but it's a big fucking hassle and I'm sure it diminishes the quality of the final product.
Turns out that there are only two kinds of PM that affect Cannabis. They affect only cannabis and other pm's you see on your roses or squash is a different variety that will not manifest on pot.
Long term, I strongly recommend doing seed runs and sprouting in PM conditions with your grow style/media. Choose the seedlings which grow well and choose your keepers from that pool.
How do you determine if it is resistant or not? you grow a strain in a 70% humidity basement and it doesn't get moldy?
Can you provide evidence for this?